Muriel Evans

Acting

Muriel Evans

Born — Died

1910-07-20 — 2000-10-26

Place of birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

51 titles

Muriel Evans (born Muriel Adele Evanson; July 20, 1910 – October 26, 2000) was an American film actress. She is best known for her many appearances in popular westerns of the 1930s for which she won a Golden Boot Award. From Wikipedia.

Known for

Queen Christina poster
6.9

Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.

Queen Christina

1934

Pack Up Your Troubles poster
6.8

The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town poster
7.5

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

Manhattan Melodrama poster
7.0

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Manhattan Melodrama

1934

The Prizefighter and the Lady poster
5.5

An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.

The Prizefighter and the Lady

1933

Hide-Out poster
7.2

Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with the farmer's daughter who at first is unaware of his criminal record. Lucky is fully prepared to shoot his way out when the cops come calling, but he is softened by the daughter's affections.

Hide-Out

1934

Film credits

1930s · 47 titles

Queen Christina poster
6.9

Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.

Queen Christina

1934

Pack Up Your Troubles poster
6.8

The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town poster
7.5

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

Manhattan Melodrama poster
7.0

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Manhattan Melodrama

1934

The Prizefighter and the Lady poster
5.5

An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.

The Prizefighter and the Lady

1933

Hide-Out poster
7.2

Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with the farmer's daughter who at first is unaware of his criminal record. Lucky is fully prepared to shoot his way out when the cops come calling, but he is softened by the daughter's affections.

Hide-Out

1934

Broadway to Hollywood poster
5.0

In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.

Broadway to Hollywood

1933

Missing Girls poster
6.2

A couple of naïve girls get themselves unwittingly involved in the gambling racket in this Poverty Row production directed by the redoubtable Phil Rosen.

Missing Girls

1936

Call of the Prairie poster
5.8

Hoppy returns to find Johnny in trouble. Buck Peters has been shot by Porter who made it look like Johnny did it. When Johnny flees he runs into Linda. He takes a liking to her only to learn her father Shanghai is one of Porter's gang. Going after Shanghai, he gets captured by the gang and Porter now plans to kill him. But Hoppy is near by and Johnny will get unexpected help from Shanghai.

Call of the Prairie

1936

Law for Tombstone poster
8.0

A stagecoach line hires an agent to stop a string of robberies of gold shipments.

Law for Tombstone

1937

King of the Pecos poster
5.6

Profiteer Alexander Stiles lays claim to a million acres of range in the Pecos River country, but a rancher named Claybor stands in his way as he has already claimed the water-rich location of Sweetwater as his own.

King of the Pecos

1936

Ten Laps to Go poster
5.5

Larry Evans, champion race car driver, is envied by his chief rival, Eddie DeSylva, who has more ambitions than merely winning the races; he has designs on the motor patent held by Corbett (Tom Moore), Larry's employer. Eddie also has a yen for Corbett's daughter, Norma, who prefers Larry. Eddie intentionally causes a race wreck that injures Larry and sends him to the hospital.

Ten Laps to Go

1936

Heat Lightning poster
7.2

Olga runs an isolated gas station and restaurant in the stifling hot American desert with her discontented younger sister Myra. When two escaped criminals stop for a bite to eat, Olga is reminded of the past she left behind.

Heat Lightning

1934

The Women in His Life poster
4.3

An immensely successful criminal lawyer is blindsided when he learns that his new case involves his ex-wife, who left him.

The Women in His Life

1933

The House of Secrets poster
5.5

Two men stumble into an old mansion, and get involved with a crazed scientist, torture chambers and sinister medical experiments.

The House of Secrets

1936

Fast Workers poster
5.0

Buddies Gunner and Bucker work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry, which is often, Gunner will hit on his girl to see if she is true or not. So far, Gunner hasn't failed. But one night, while Gunner is in jail, Bucker meets Mary, a tough dame with a line. He falls for her, and she falls for his money. But Mary is already a gal pal of Gunner, and no two know about the third. The trouble begins when the triangle is revealed too late.

Fast Workers

1933

The Rookie Cop poster
5.8

A rookie cop tries to prove his friend is innocent of a robbery, despite the police commissioner's objection to his use of a trained German Shepherd dog named Ace.

The Rookie Cop

1939

Rustlers' Valley poster
5.8

Hoppy clears Lucky on a charge of bank robbery and foils the plot of a crooked lawyer to rustle a herd of pedigree cattle and take over the valley.

Rustlers' Valley

1937

Three on the Trail poster
6.0

An evil gang is involved in both cattle rustling and the robbing of stagecoaches. Hoppy must stop them without help from the sheriff who turns out be a major outlaw himself.

Three on the Trail

1936

No artwork available
9.0

Errol, a real estate salesman, returns from his honeymoon and moves into a model home, where he is constantly bothered by prospective buyers.

Home Boner

1939

The Big Idea poster
4.6

Ted Healy is the proprietor of the "Big Idea Scenario Company" (Ideas While You Wait). Unfortunately, various visitors to his one-room office constantly interrupt his train of thought. These include a man with a machine gun, a woman who empties waste baskets on the floor, and a trio of musicians who play "Marching Through Georgia" on various instruments.

The Big Idea

1934

Under Your Spell poster
7.3

A famous singer, bored with music and fans, goes to live in Mexico. His manager sends a woman to bring him back. They fall in love.

Under Your Spell

1936

Girl Grief poster
7.0

Although terrified of girls, Charley must take a job teaching at a girls school.

Girl Grief

1932

Young Ironsides poster
9.0

Harry is hired by a rich family to stop their daughter from entering a beauty contest.

Young Ironsides

1932

Silverspurs poster
10.0

Janet Allison witnesses Art Holden and his gang hold up the Station Agent. When she identifies Holden to the Sheriff, the Sheriff gives Holden an alibi. Janet and Jim Fentriss then find Holden's secret hideout. When Janet returns the next day to meet Jim, Holden makes her a prisoner and waits in ambush for Jim to arrive.

Silverspurs

1936

The Roaring West poster
10.0

A 15-episode serial involving the land rush, gold mines, stolen maps, etc.

The Roaring West

1935

Have a Heart poster
7.2

Sally (Jean Parker) is engaged to be married, loves dancing and kids. But her life is ruined when an accident cripples her and her betrothed magnanimously offers to not back out of the marriage. After rejecting his offer she starts a doll shop and tries to save for an operation. From her doll shop window she watches children and talks to Jimmie (James Dunn) the ice cream man. She wants to know Jimmie better, but is terrified of rejection.

Have a Heart

1934

Boss of Lonely Valley poster
7.0

A rancher attempts to find the villain behind a land-stealing operation.

Boss of Lonely Valley

1937

Two-Fisted Gentleman poster
9.0

Mickey, is a prizefighter whose bright career hits the skids when he comes under the guidance of Ginger, a female fight promoter, when he becomes involved with June Prentice and her high-society crowd.

Two-Fisted Gentleman

1936

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek poster
6.5

A man impersonates his double to clear himself of a murder conviction.

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek

1936

Smoke Tree Range poster
7.0

A cowboy aids an orphaned girl whose cattle are being rustled by an outlaw gang.

Smoke Tree Range

1937

No artwork available
8.0

When the boys end up with a half-naked woman in their cab, trouble ensues when her jealous husband appears.

Hot Spot

1932

Nature in the Wrong poster
6.5

Charley, hoping to find cultured people in his ancestry in order to be suitable to Muriel's family, is tricked by his rival Ronnie into believing himself a descendant of Tarzan. Conked on the head, Charley suddenly believes he IS Tarzan.

Nature in the Wrong

1933

The New Frontier poster
4.9

In 1889 pioneers race ahead of the law to claim free land in Oklahoma, forming wide-open towns. In one such, citizens elect Milt Dawson to challenge the self-appointed rule of gambler Ace Holmes, only to have him shot in the back. But leading the next batch of settlers is Milt's quick-on-the-draw son John, who gets help from friendly outlaws.

The New Frontier

1935

The Throwback poster
7.0

When Buck is young his cattle stealing father is killed. Now grown Buck returns home still carrying the burden of his father's reputation. When he is framed for rustling, he finds an object that identifies Milt Fergus, the brother of his girl friend, as the rustler. Getting bailed out of jail he and his Uncle Ford have a plan to trap Milt.

The Throwback

1935

No artwork available
7.0

Rival Taxi Companies compete for business and make a slapstick mess of everything.

Thundering Taxis

1933

Now We'll Tell One poster
7.0

Charley unwittingly puts on a belt that has the power to change the wearer's personality.

Now We'll Tell One

1932

Rich Relations poster
5.5

A secretary finds herself being romanced by a "ladies man". What she doesn't know is that it's her boss who really loves her.

Rich Relations

1937

Mr. Bride poster
5.8

Charley's boss "rehearses" for his honeymoon--with Charley.

Mr. Bride

1932

Arabian Tights poster
6.0

Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.

Arabian Tights

1933

Headline Crasher poster
7.0

The popular B-flick team of Frankie Darro and Kane Richmond star in the slick quickie Headline Crasher. Little Frankie and Big Kane play a pair of roving journalists who investigate a politician (Richard Tucker) up for re-election. When it seems as though the politico is being set up for a fall by yellow journalists, Darro and Richmond try to get to the truth of the matter. The original story for Headline Crasher is credited to Peter B. Kyne, creator of the "Broncho Billy" western stories.

Headline Crasher

1937

No artwork available
8.0

Mr. Jones overhears a doctor prescribe a diet he thinks is for him, but it's really for his dog.

Dog-Gone

1939

No artwork available
NR

Fashions for active sport and evening wear.

Aristocrats of Fashion

1939

Westbound Stage poster
4.5

A wagon train crossing the plains comes across the remains of other wagon trains that have been attacked by looters. Soon they too are attacked.

Westbound Stage

1939

His Silent Racket poster
8.0

James Finlayson manages to con Charley into becoming his partner in a failing dry cleaning shop that has been targeted by gangsters running a protection racket.

His Silent Racket

1933

Nurse to You! poster
7.0

Cautious, frugal Charley is told by his insurance doctor that he has six months to live, and goes on to live life to the fullest.

Nurse to You!

1935

Fallen Arches poster
7.5

Told to "hike" out to his company's West Coast headquarters, Charley does exactly that.

Fallen Arches

1933